Beijing, May 19 (PTI) Aamir Khan's popularity in China
shot up with the runaway success of his movie "Dangal" and now
his Chinese microblogging website account has also crossed
5.86 lakh followers overtaking that of Prime Minister,
Narendra Modi.

The 51-year-old superstar's account on Weibo, one of the
most popular social websites in China, has received 5,86,591
followers till this evening.

Modi, who opened the account on Weibo in 2015 before his
visit to China, was the most popular Indian with 1.69 lakhs
followers.

He still continues to update his post with China related
events.

Khan account, called "Amier Han" in Chinese, was opened
last month ahead of the release of the biographical sports
drama, which has become a smashing hit in China grossing 500
million yuan (about USD 76 million) in 13 days topping even
Hollywood movies in China.

"Last Saturday along it created a new record netting 96
million yuan (about USD 15 million)," Prasad Shetty, partner
of Strategic Alliance a Chinese firm promoting Indian films in
China for the past few years told PTI here.

Aamir himself toured Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu ahead
of the release of the film.